Device for carrying keys.



BEST VTLEEE' CGP?" F. A, TOGE.

DEVICE POR CARRYING KEYS. APPLICATION FILED APR.19,19V11.

WIT/"M8858 NIVEA/TOI? Efe/varia@ i, 7"@ as 7 y' TUM UNITED STATES' PATENT oEEIoE.

FRANCESCO ANTONIO TOCE, OF LAKE CHARLES, LOU-ISIANA.

DEVICE FOR CARRYING KEYS.

Specification of it is especially designed, the device including means for hookingover the upper endl of a pair ot' trousers and also for perm1tt-ing the ready application andv removal of a 4bunch of keys; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and copibinations of parts as Will be hereinafter de-I scribed and claimed.

In the drawing Figure lis a front view of the invention as in use. Fig. i2 is a side view of the device.` F ig. 3 1s a fl'ontview of the device. Fig. 4 shows a somewhat dif-l ferent manner of using the device from that shown in Fig. l.

The supporting device, which as bfore suggested, is especially adapted for holding keys, is made of a single strip of metal or other suitable material bent to form the. book A to engage upon a garment and the open hook B which is closed bythe tongue C. In forming the supporting device vI bend a strip of suitable material upon itself atl forming the inner and'outer layers' 2 and 3 ot' the hook A with the said-layers 2 and 3 extended to forni vthe shank 4 of the .open hook B and the tongue C. ttheir engag-A ing points thc open hook B and its tongue (1 are slightly offset in opposite directions as shown at 5 and 6 forming a smooth surface at the trout side of the device to avoidl injury to the lining ot' the vest lwhen the ,device is used underlying such a garment.

ily preference. th@` tongue C is made slightly thinnerv thnnthe rest of the material 1n or.- der to render the same suiiieiently iexlble Letters Patent. Pafentedoet. 29,1912.

1911. seria1N0.6'22,050.

to permit the easy insertion'and removal ,of the key ring.

` By my invention, it will be noticed, I pro vide a holding or supporting device made froln-a single. strip of material in which the open hook isintegral with the spring tongue for closing the same and in which the spring tongue isa continuation of one of the layers or sections of the supporting hook, the Whole furnishing a novel construc-` tion which can be cheaply'l made, 'will effe, -ciently serve its purpose and willpresentv a Y goed appearance in use. y ,l In practice the device, 1finade of'metal, may be plated, .japanned or oth'erwise linished or decorated in any suitable manner to suit the special market for which it is designed.v

While theinvention is especially designed i for holding keys, it is manifest it may be utllized for` supporting. other objects, and I do not desire Ato be restricted in the broadt'eatures of myinvention to any special-usev to which the device may be applied.

In Fig. 4 I show a bunch of keys sus-I pended directly from the supporting device instead of indirectly bymeans of a'rchain, asv

shown in Fig. 1.

I claim: f E A holding device for attachment to garments, comprising a single strip of resilient f material, bent near its'middle and 'folded fiat upon itself to form a resilient gripping tongue, also bent at the terminationof said i tonguelinto two divergent ar1ns,.one of said arms lbeing bent to form a U-shaped loop,`

and the otberarm projecting into and engaging the free end of saidU-shaped loop, thus forming a snap hook, substantially as and for the purposes described. A FRANCESCO ANTONIO' TOOE.

Witnesses:

C. C. .HorFPAivn S. VE. SPENCE.-

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